All good things come to an end - Avis employé Strategic Account Director Salesforce

2,0
19 mars 2023
Recommande
Approbation du PDG
Perspective commerciale

Avantages

The benefits are amazing and the tools/tech the give employees are all the best. I love the tech we are given, from iPhones and Macs to the Google Suite of products we use. Additionally the benefits from medical to wellness and beyond are unbelievable.

Inconvénients

The recent large number of activist investors that have gotten involved with SFDC has destroyed the culture. The environment has unfortunately become toxic and everyone is on pins and needles if they are going to be a part of the next round of layoffs. They have gone to a performance based model and if you do not meet expectations, you will get put on a performance plan designed to eliminate you in 90 days without severance etc. The stress levels have skyrocketed among employees. Additionally in an attempt to become the "most profitable" software company, SFDC has decided to eliminate almost all supporting roles. For instance, the sales role that I am in had support from 5 different people that were SMEs in their respective areas. All of the roles were eliminated and now the expectation is that the main sales role for that product needs to become the SME without any support. SFDC is also a very "woke" company. There is a huge push to advance certain types of people in the company based on a number of qualities and metrics that have nothing to do with the most skilled or most knowledgable person getting roles. Additionally, the OTE has been great at SFDC, but we are now getting quotas assigned to us that are anywhere from 1.5X to 3X what they were before. For others interested in working here, this is an important thing to consider if you are in a sales role. The base salary may look good, but if the quota say doubles, you have now gotten a 50% decrease in commissionable pay because you have to sell twice as much to make the same amount of money. Also SFDC doesn't pay you dollar for dollar on your commissions until you hit 80% of quota, which means they are keeping a large amount of money for themselves that never gets paid to reps.

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5,0
2 juill. 2026
Recommande
Approbation du PDG
Perspective commerciale

Avantages

Great pay and great benefits

Inconvénients

Org restructure and very political

4,0
9 juill. 2014
Employé (anonyme)
Recommande
Approbation du PDG
Perspective commerciale

Avantages

I've spent over 8 years with Salesforce in various management and individual contributor roles, all customer or partner facing. Some of the pros: - vibrant, fast paced culture - smart, fun, aggressive colleagues - management is focused on latest tech trends and staying or becoming a leader for many of them - by and large, customers and partners are very positive about the technology - good benefits and perqs - hip urban culture at HQ - a chart-your-own-course mentality that rewards those who aggressively seek out the job they want and pursue it, or sometimes even create it

Inconvénients

After my long tenure and many Dreamforce conferences, I'm nearly fried. To say the culture is fast paced and the focus is always changing is an understatement. The reason Salesforce always seems on top, and chasing the latest trend, and in the press, is because employees are expected to run harder, carry more, cheer loudly, and pivot constantly. It's the world's biggest startup in behavior. But at the same time, with the recent influx of top career sales leaders from Oracle and what appears to be a board-level mandate for doubling revenue, employees are being asked to do even more with even less, fill higher quotas with smaller territories, less help, and the big company bureaucracy is rearing it's ugly head. Worse still is the politics. When you hire a bunch of smart, aggressive people, and put them in an environment of outsized expectations, throw in a bunch of re-orgs and changing management, and sprinkle with uncertainty and constantly changing priorities, you inevitably get people back stabbing each other and throwing others under the bus to appear smarter and more worthy of promotion. The few at the top will get very, very rich. The rest will lose the sense of personal ownership and start to wonder why they've given up health and family

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Réponse de Salesforce
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It's not often that you get the opportunity to respond to a review 10 years in but your comprehensive and thoughtful review has managed to hold on as one of our most popular even a decade in :) It’s exciting to see that the things we love most about the Salesforce of today — super smart colleagues, being at the forefront of tech trends and establishing ourselves as leaders in the space, great benefits and perks to name a few — haven’t changed in the past 10 years. We acknowledge the challenges you faced, such as the pace, shifting priorities, and internal politics. Your advice on maintaining our foundational vision while avoiding big-company bureaucracy is helpful as we continue to grow as the #1 AI CRM. Salesforce is committed to balancing growth with employee well-being and staying true to our core values. We appreciate your insights and dedication over the years. Thanks again for your feedback!
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